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No. 440,479. Patented Nov. 11, 1890.

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INVENTOH I Patented Nov. 11,1890.

WIT/V58 A TTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS KELLY, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 44.0,479, dated November 11, 1890. Application filed February 20, 1890- Serial No. 341,135. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS KELLY, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Im proved Album, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to easel-albums such as shown and described in the application for Letters Patent of the United States, Serial No. 335,996, filed by me January 6, 1890.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved album arranged with asecret drawer for storing loose pictures, stationery, &c., and which is further arranged in such a manner that one of the covers of the book can be used as a writing-desk.

The invent-ion consists of a hollow base provided with compartments and a lid hinged to the base to close the compartments and supporting the book containing the pictures.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement as adapted for use as a writingdesk. Fig. 2 is alike view of the samein an open position, showing .the compartments. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the improvement, showing the book open; and Fig. at is a transverse section of the same as closed up.

The improved album A is provided with a hollow base B, in which are formed compartments C for storingloose pictures, stationery, including pens, pen-holders, ink, &c., and which compartments are adapted to be closed by a lid D, fastened by hinges E to the rear of the top of the base 13. (See Fig. 2.) A suitable locking mechanism F serves to fasten the lid D to the base B to close the compartments 0. On top of this lid D is held the book G, which when closed, as shown in Fig. 4, extends in an inclined position, the book being provided with a rear cover I-I, secured rigidly in an inclined position to the top of the lid D and held in place by a suitable post or posts I, also secured on the top of the said lid D. The book G is also provided with the usual leaves J for receiving the pictures and with a front cover K, adapted to be fastened to the rear fixed cover H by means of a suitable locking device L.

The last leaf J is fastened at its upper end by a folding strip N to the front of the bookcover H, and the remaining leaves of the book are attached by a flexible back 0 to the lower end of the said leaf J, as illustrated in Figs. 3 and a. The front cover K of the book Gis pivotally connected by a strip P with an offset Q, arranged on top of the lid D, and on which the back 0 of the leaves J rests when the book is closed. The front cover K of the book G is therefore not directly attached to the leaves J or to the back cover H, as the said leaves J are hung on the back cover H, as previously described.

hen the album is closed, as shown in Fig. 4e, and the operator desires to get at the compartments G, he opens the locking device F and then swings the book G, with the lid D, rearward into the position shown in Fig. 2, the upper end of the back H resting on the table or stand on which the album is used. hen the operator is through using the compartments 0, he swings the book G, with the lid D, into its former position, so that the said lid again closes the compartments 0 and is locked to the base B by the locking mech anism F.

When the operator desires to use the album to view the pictures contained in the book, to place pictures in or remove them from the leaves, he unlocks the front cover K by the locking mechanism L and then swings'the front cover K downward, after which he can swing leaf afterleaf down, said leaves swing ing from their back 0 as a fulcrum.

As the back leaf J is pivoted at its upper end only to the cover H, the said leaves move forward over the top of the offset Q as the leaves are swung down, so that no strain whatever is exerted on the back 0 or the folding strip N.

XV hen the operator desires to use the album for writing purposes, the cover K is unlocked by the locking mechanism L from the back cover H and then swung downward, turning on its strip P as a fulcrum. As the strip 1' claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. In an album, the combination, with a base provided with compartments, of a lid hinged to the top of the said base to open or close the said compartments, and a book held on the top of the said lid and adapted to lock 20 in a fixed position thereomsubstantially as shown and described.

2. In an album, the combination, with a base and a lid pivoted thereon, of a book provided with a back cover secured rigidly to the said lid, leaves hung on the said back cover, and a front cover pivoted on the said lid, substantially as shown and described.

3. In an album, the combination, with a lid, of a back cover rigidly secured to the said lid, leaves hung on the said back cover, and a front coveradapted to be locked to the said back cover and hinged on the said lid, substantially as shown and described.

THOMAS KELLY.

\Vitnesses:

Enw. W. CURTIS, C. SEDGWICK. 

